[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20522]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING MR. FRANK GOLDER ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 31, 2009

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to pay tribute to Mr. 
Frank Golder, of Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, on the 
joyous occasion of his 100th birthday celebration that will occur on 
August 8.
  Long a legendary figure in the fields of education and athletic 
development in northeastern and central Pennsylvania, Mr. Golder has 
distinguished himself as a mentor and a role model to generations of 
young Pennsylvanians who looked to him with respect and admiration.
  After graduating from Bloomsburg High School in the 1920s where he 
developed his love for basketball and baseball, Mr. Golder went on to 
star in those sports from 1927 to 1931 during his years at then 
Bloomsburg Normal School, later Bloomsburg University.
  He went on to become a teacher and an athletic coach at Hughesville 
High School during which he earned his master's degree from Columbia 
University.
  His teams won two West Branch League titles at Hughesville.
  Mr. Golder moved to Bloomsburg High School in 1937 where he was named 
head basketball coach. In 19 seasons in charge of the basketball 
program, his squads won 10 Susquehanna Valley League crowns and, during 
one three-year stretch, he won 40 consecutive league games. His team, 
The Panthers, also captured four District Four championships.
  Mr. Golder was also responsible for establishing Little League 
Baseball in Bloomsburg in the late 1940s. He also started baseball at 
Bloomsburg High School where he coached that sport for seven years.
  For 13 years, Mr. Golder was a member of the PIAA District Four Board 
of Directors and was chairman of that organization for three years.
  After serving as principal of Bloomsburg High School for 14 years, he 
retired in 1975.
  During his remarkable basketball coaching career, Mr. Golder endeared 
himself to hundreds of aspiring young athletes with his disciplined 
approach to the importance of learning the fundamentals of the sport 
and his reputation as a coach who inspired excellence through a calm, 
reasoned, approach.
  The Bloomsburg Press Enterprise described him as an extraordinary 
gentleman and a fine coach when including him as one of the top local 
sports figures of the 20th century in 1999. He was inducted into the 
Bloomsburg University's Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.
  Mr. Golder continues to reside in Bloomsburg with his wife, Myra. The 
couple has one daughter and two grandchildren.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating Mr. Golder on this 
wonderful occasion. For his entire life, Frank Golder has demonstrated 
the highest ideals for a role model and he encouraged his students to 
rise to excellence both on and off the field of competition. His 
contributions to generations of our citizens have greatly improved the 
quality of life and his legacy lives on with those he has inspired.

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